Man convicted of attaching a fake bomb around a Mosman school girl's neck has lost his appeal

Updated
Fri 20 Dec 2013, 12:51 PM AEDT

An appeal by convicted hoax collar bomber Paul Peters has been dismissed in a Sydney court.

Peters was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in jail in November of last year after placing a fake bomb around the neck of schoolgirl Madeleine Pulvar at her Mosman home in 2011, while she studied for her HSC.

He had pleaded guilty to breaking into the Pulvar family home and attaching the fake bomb, before leaving an extortion note and fleeing overseas to the US, before being caught and extradited back to Australia.

At his sentencing, District Court judge Paul Zahra said his crime was in the most serious category of "detaining for advantage".

Peters appealed the severity of his sentence saying the Judge had failed to take into account his mental illness.

Judge Zahra had rejected the idea that Peters acted out a delusion due to his depression and bipolar disorder, as well as a drinking problem.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today rejected the application, saying Peters' subjective case did little to reduce his moral culpability.